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Hypopygus is a genus of South American gymnotiform knifefishes native to the Amazon, Orinoco and upper Paraguay basins, as well as rivers in the Guianas. [1] [2] They are often common, and found near submerged roots, aquatic vegetation and leaf-litter in streams, edges of rivers and floodplains. [1]
Nannarrup is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae. [1] [2] This genus contains only three species, including the type species Nannarrup hoffmani. [3]Also known as Hoffman's dwarf centipede, N. hoffmani was discovered in Central Park in New York City and was the first new species to be discovered in that park in more than a century. [4]
Despite the name, the electric eel is a type of knifefish. The Gymnotiformes / dʒ ɪ m ˈ n ɒ t ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / are an order of teleost bony fishes commonly known as Neotropical knifefish or South American knifefish.
Knifefish may refer to several knife-shaped fishes: The Neotropical or weakly electric knifefishes, order Gymnotiformes, containing five families: Family Gymnotidae (banded knifefishes and the electric eel) Family Rhamphichthyidae (sand knifefishes) Family Hypopomidae (bluntnose knifefishes) Family Sternopygidae (glass and rat-tail knifefishes)
Gymnotus species are nocturnal and mainly feed on aquatic insects, crustaceans, small fish and other small animals, [9] but may also take plant material. [8] Being electric fish, they generate weak electric fields used for navigation, finding prey and communicating with other individuals of their species.
Eigenmannia is a genus of fish in the family Sternopygidae (glass knifefishes) native to tropical and subtropical South America (south to the Río de la Plata Basin), and Panama. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are typically found in slow-flowing streams, along the edge of large rivers, in deep river channels and in floodplains, and the genus also includes E ...
This fish reaches 30 cm (12 in) in standard length. [1] The body of these fish is unusual; it is ventrolaterally flattened and elongated, giving the appearance of a knife blade. The caudal and anal fins are fused and run from beneath the gill opening to the pointed end of the body, creating a uniform, skirt-like fin. This appendage gives the ...
The naked-back knifefishes are a family (Gymnotidae) of knifefishes found only in fresh waters of Central America and South America.All have organs adapted to electroreception.